Florida Senate - 2024 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 266
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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The Committee on Appropriations (Hooper) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 651 and 652
4 insert:
5 Section 8. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
6 338.26, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 338.26 Alligator Alley toll road.—
8 (3)(a) Fees generated from tolls shall be deposited in the
9 State Transportation Trust Fund and shall be used:
10 1. To reimburse outstanding contractual obligations;
11 2. To operate and maintain the highway and toll facilities,
12 including reconstruction and restoration;
13 3. To pay for those projects that are funded with Alligator
14 Alley toll revenues and that are contained in the 1993-1994
15 adopted work program or the 1994-1995 tentative work program
16 submitted to the Legislature on February 22, 1994; and
17 4. By interlocal agreement effective July 1, 2019, through
18 no later than June 30, 2027, to reimburse a local governmental
19 entity for the direct actual costs of operating the fire station
20 at mile marker 63 on Alligator Alley, which shall be used by the
21 local governmental entity to provide fire, rescue, and emergency
22 management services exclusively to the public on Alligator
23 Alley. The local governmental entity must contribute 10 percent
24 of the direct actual operating costs. Beginning July 1, 2024,
25 the amount of reimbursement in any state fiscal year to the
26 local governmental entity may not exceed $2 million, which shall
27 increase to reflect any upward adjustment adopted by the U.S.
28 Bureau of Labor Statistics for the previous 12 months in the
29 Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for Miami-Fort
30 Lauderdale-West Palm Beach $1.4 million in any state fiscal
31 year. In accordance with the capital improvement plan of the
32 local governmental entity, the local governmental entity shall
33 also be reimbursed for replacement of fire apparatus that is a
34 like or similar model to Class A fire apparatus in use at the
35 fire station and which conforms to the currently adopted
36 equipment needs and safety standards of the local governmental
37 entity. Any funds received by the local governmental entity from
38 the surplus of fire apparatus being replaced in accordance with
39 this paragraph shall be used to reduce the amount reimbursed to
40 the local governmental entity for that year. Any fire apparatus
41 purchased using state funds may not be used at another fire
42 station of the local governmental entity. At the end of the term
43 of the interlocal agreement, the ownership and title of all
44 fire, rescue, and emergency equipment purchased with state funds
45 and used at the fire station during the term of the interlocal
46 agreement transfers to the state.
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50 And the title is amended as follows:
51 Delete line 63
52 and insert:
53 and entities; amending s. 338.26, F.S.; removing dates
54 for an interlocal agreement for a certain fire
55 station; increasing the amount reimbursed to a local
56 governmental entity for operating the fire station;
57 providing for an increase in the amount reimbursed
58 based on the consumer price index; providing
59 requirements for the replacement and surplus of fire
60 apparatus; creating s. 339.2820, F.S.; creating